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I thought ppl usually read GEB for leisure, I found out today that some unis actually used it for required reading. Anyway, I chanced upon the following quiz, which is even more interesting than the previous drunken men test (what an irony).
cs150: Notes 19
Assignments Due
* Before Monday, 19 March: Read rest of GEB part I (Chapters 2-4 and 6-9, in addition to Chapters 1 and 5 you have already read).
GEB Study Guide
Your reading assignment for Spring Break (and the week after) is to finish reading the first part of Gödel, Escher, Bach (up through and including Chapter IX). The questions below might help you think about the reading. Then again, they might not. I am quite certain, however, that they will not help you prepare for the quiz that will not be given on March 19.
Answer all the answerable questions, but unask the unanswerable ones. This quiz will not be graded, but it won't be ungraded either.
1. If you knew the answer to this question, what would it be?
2. Does this question have no answer?
3. Is the next question trickier than this one?
4. Was the previous question fairer than this one?
5. If this exam were graded, would your answer to the previous question be different?
6. If this exam were graded, would your answer to the previous question be different?
6. If this exam were graded, would your answer to the previous question be different?
7. If you were Gödel, how would you answer this?
8. Richard Feynman once said "If you think you know how quantum mechanics works, you're wrong." If Feynman were a logician instead, would he have said "If you think you don't understand Gödel's Theorem, then you do." or "If you don't think you don't understand Gödel's Theorem, then you don't."?
9. If your final grade in CS150 depended only on your answer to this question, would your answer to this question be different?
10. Ask and answer the question should I have asked instead of this one.
11. Ask and answer the question should I have asked instead of the previous one.
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Played badminton with 5 ppl today. If I recalled correctly, tt's my first time playing it in the actual tournament style on a booked indoor court. Anyway, WY played for 2 hours straight and awed us all with her super human stamina. Dead tired now, but it was enjoyable and we laughed a lot. I think she's one of those type of ppl who made sure everyone is having as much fun as herself =)
cs150: Notes 19
Assignments Due
* Before Monday, 19 March: Read rest of GEB part I (Chapters 2-4 and 6-9, in addition to Chapters 1 and 5 you have already read).
GEB Study Guide
Your reading assignment for Spring Break (and the week after) is to finish reading the first part of Gödel, Escher, Bach (up through and including Chapter IX). The questions below might help you think about the reading. Then again, they might not. I am quite certain, however, that they will not help you prepare for the quiz that will not be given on March 19.
Answer all the answerable questions, but unask the unanswerable ones. This quiz will not be graded, but it won't be ungraded either.
1. If you knew the answer to this question, what would it be?
2. Does this question have no answer?
3. Is the next question trickier than this one?
4. Was the previous question fairer than this one?
5. If this exam were graded, would your answer to the previous question be different?
6. If this exam were graded, would your answer to the previous question be different?
6. If this exam were graded, would your answer to the previous question be different?
7. If you were Gödel, how would you answer this?
8. Richard Feynman once said "If you think you know how quantum mechanics works, you're wrong." If Feynman were a logician instead, would he have said "If you think you don't understand Gödel's Theorem, then you do." or "If you don't think you don't understand Gödel's Theorem, then you don't."?
9. If your final grade in CS150 depended only on your answer to this question, would your answer to this question be different?
10. Ask and answer the question should I have asked instead of this one.
11. Ask and answer the question should I have asked instead of the previous one.
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Played badminton with 5 ppl today. If I recalled correctly, tt's my first time playing it in the actual tournament style on a booked indoor court. Anyway, WY played for 2 hours straight and awed us all with her super human stamina. Dead tired now, but it was enjoyable and we laughed a lot. I think she's one of those type of ppl who made sure everyone is having as much fun as herself =)